Chapter 65: Joy falls from heaven
"Then let Commander Lu check for me what is written in this letter from the people of Chu!" Su Chengxuan took the opportunity to say, because he had just heard from Lu Qian that Chen Xiaomu might have brought his army back to Zheng, and he was secretly thinking in his heart.
I hate Lu Jun and wish he had been poisoned to death.
Lu Jun took the letter from the guard and opened it in front of his eyes without hesitation, but Wei Wen and Lu Qian took several steps back.
Lu Jun looked at the letter he had just opened in his hand, and tears instantly flowed down his face. He said to Su Chengxuan in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, our restoration of the country has been successful! This is a letter written by the Queen. In the letter, she said that your uncle
Last night, they captured Xinjing, the capital of Zheng State."
"What?" Su Chengxuan thought he heard wrongly and stared blankly at Lu Jun's old face, which was already full of tears.
Wei Wen and Lu Qian were also in disbelief, and they said to Lu Jun: "Commander Lu, don't be too happy first. I suspect that this letter was forged by the Chu army, or that Queen Lu fell into his hands.
They coerced Queen Lu to write it in order to lure us out of the city and then try to ambush us!"
"It's just nonsense. Didn't you just say that Chen Xiaomu brought more than 10,000 Zheng troops to the Chen State to help the Chen State fight the war? Now even if the people of the Chu State coerced the Queen to write this letter,
Why did you mention Chen Xiaomu again?" Lu Jun asked Wei Wen and Lu Qian angrily.
"Then it must be that Chen Xiaomu and the others have been wiped out by the Chu army, and now they are trying to lure us out of the city!" Lu Qian immediately changed his words.
Lu Jun was almost driven crazy by these two people. He pointed his finger at Lu Qian and shouted angrily, "You said there were no traces of fighting outside Xinyang City, and now you say Chen Xiaomu and more than 10,000 people were wiped out by the Chu army. Could it be that you
Do you really think that our imperial army is so weak that tens of thousands of troops were silently wiped out by the Chu army?"
"Okay, okay, we are all on the same boat now, what is there to argue about? I think it would be better to let the leader of the Chu army come in alone and ask the matter clearly?" Wei Wen looked at Lu Qian.
Unable to justify himself, he quickly came out to smooth things over and let Lu Qian step down.
Seeing Wei Wen say this, Su Chengxuan nodded in agreement.
Du Fengxian, who was waiting outside the city, was immediately let into the city by the guards and brought to Su Chengxuan and others. When he learned that the middle-aged man with a pale face and a long beard in front of him was Emperor Zheng Su Chengxuan, Du Fengxian did not kneel down to pay homage.
He just bent down and made a bow, then straightened up.
Although Su Chengxuan was unhappy, it was difficult to say anything. After all, this person was not his subject.
Seeing that Su Chengxuan was looking at him without saying anything, Du Fengxian took the initiative to talk about Chen Xiaomu's entry into Xinhe County at night and together with him, he killed Xinhe City garrison Wang Yun and the Chu army commander Zhongtuo, and pacified Xinhe County, and
He asked Su Chengxuan to send troops to take over Xinhe County as soon as possible so that he could lead the Hubei army in Xinhe County to chase Chen Xiaomu. Of course, Du Fengxian also kept a careful eye on it, fearing to arouse the suspicion of Su Chengxuan and others, so as not to bring trouble to Chen Xiaomu in the future.
Sorry, I have omitted the fact that Chen Xiaomu promised to help Ximen Ruoen restore the country.
After Du Fengxian finished speaking, Su Chengxuan was still doubtful. He glanced at Wei Wen, and Wei Wen immediately understood. He stood up from his chair, took the autographed letter from Empress Lu in Lu Jun's hand and asked Du Fengxian.
"Commander Du, how did this letter from Queen Lu get into your hands? And since you have said that Xinhe County has been pacified by you and has escaped the control of the Chu army, why is it that Chu is still involved now?
The military flag?”
Du Feng first listened to Wei Wen ask himself a question in an interrogating tone. His face that was still smiling suddenly turned cold, and he replied in a slightly angry voice: "Last night, I intercepted a man on the tanma outside the city.
An old eunuch riding a fast horse came from the direction of Xingjing City to deliver a message. He took him back to the city and handed him over to me for interrogation. He also handed me the items found on him. After I checked the items, I found out that he was from Jingcheng.
Originally I had no intention of following the eunuch sent by Empress Lu to deliver a message to you, but I learned from this old eunuch that after Mr. Chen captured Xinjing City again, he went to attack Xinyang Pass of Chu State, but you are still in your nest.
Tianquan County has been slow to take over Xinhe County, and I can't just leave, so I came here with the old eunuch who delivered the message to urge me. As for the big gun of the Chu army stuck on the wall of Xinhe County that you mentioned,
Qi, sir, let me ask you, our family is still in the hands of the Chu people, what will happen to our family if the Chu people discover our rebellion?"
Wei Wen blushed when Du Fengxian questioned him, but Lu Jun couldn't help but stood up and asked urgently, "Commander Du, why don't you bring in the eunuch who is delivering the message for the Queen?"
Du Fengxian gave a bitter smile and said, "Didn't you ask the soldiers guarding the city to tell me that I was the only one allowed to enter the city? I had no choice but to leave him outside the city and wait."
Lu Jun sighed, turned his head and clasped his fists and said to Su Chengxuan: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty to let in the eunuch who is delivering the message for the Empress, so that we can ask him in detail about the current situation in the new capital."
Su Chengxuan was also eager to understand the real situation in the new capital, so he nodded, "Okay, let's bring him in."
After a while, the old eunuch Wang Eunuch who was delivering the message for Queen Lu was brought to Su Chengxuan by the guards. Su Chengxuan took a closer look and found that this old eunuch seemed familiar to him, because this Wang Eunuch had a lower rank in the palace and usually stayed in the palace.
He was just doing some chores like cleaning, so Su Chengxuan had little impression of him. When the prince saw Su Chengxuan again, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor". Because he often walked around the palace, the prime minister guarded him.
Wen Dao knew this prince and he immediately came over and asked, "Isn't this prince Wang Xi? Didn't you run away after the Chu army invaded Xinjing?"
Wang Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Master Zaifu, I am so old, can I outrun the Chu army just because I want to run? Besides, I have hidden the queen and the princess in the palace, how can I run away!"
"Oh," Su Chengxuan sat up from his chair and said to Wang Xi, "Your Majesty, please tell us what the current situation is in the new capital city."
So Wang Xi began to massacre the people in the city after the Chu army invaded the new capital. In desperation, he hid Queen Lu and the second princess Su Xingchen in a fire cave in the fire pit to escape the Chu army's search.
It was said that Chen Xiaomu used a trick to lure the Chu army out of Xinjing and then set up an ambush outside the city to annihilate the Chu army. He then pretended to open the gate of Xinjing and held a grand military parade and invited Queen Lu to review. However, Wang Xi only said that Chen Xiaomu killed Jiang.
Official Zhang Yong and Chu general Wu Yan. As for Zhang Yong letting his son Zhang Tong open the city gate privately, he did not know the inside story. Zhang Yong's crime was not written in the notice written by Chen Xiaomu, for fear of causing Zhang Tong, who was still in Zheng's army.
He and Zhang Yong's distant nephew mutinied in Zheng's army.
After listening to the narration of the old eunuch Wang Yong, everyone in the county government lobby, including Du Fengxian, was stunned. Su Chengxuan and his son, Lu Jun and others all turned red with excitement and gasped for breath.
I don't know what to say.
Wei Wen and Lu Qian glanced at each other, and they both knelt down in front of Su Chengxuan and congratulated in unison: "My emperor is blessed with great blessings. With this divine general, he can drive away the traitors and return our lands!"
"Haha, haha." Su Chengxuan looked up at the chair and laughed. This was the happiest laugh he had ever had in his life. Even on the day he ascended the throne, he was not as happy as he was today. He patted both sides of the chair with both hands.
He jumped up from the chair, ignored Wei Wen and Lu Qian who were kneeling in front of him, and laughed at Lu Jun, who was standing behind them as if he was in a dream: "My uncle, you
Why are you still stupid? Now that such a big happy event has come, go and find your precious niece and have fun with us. If it really comes down to it, I, the eldest princess, Princess Qingfeng is the one.
I am the greatest hero of the Zheng Kingdom!"
Since Chen Xiaomu left, Su Xingyu took her personal maid Mei Duo to live with her eldest sister Su Xingran. Every morning, Su Xingran got up early, put on her makeup with the help of her maid Yuntang, and then waited for the kitchen below.
A good breakfast was served, but Su Xingyu stayed in bed, almost never getting out of bed until three o'clock in the morning.
Because Su Xingran got up early, after putting on her makeup, she sat down at the table thoughtfully, and picked up a book of "Collected Poems of Gao Jianli" written by Gao Jianli, the current prime minister of Qin, which he had been reading for a few days.
To be honest, she likes the poems written by Gao Jianli very much. There is always a faint sadness in his poems. She thinks this man is very powerful. Not only does he write good poems, he also heard that he is very good at leading troops in battles.
The battle was invincible. With his help, Emperor Qin had turned Qin into the most powerful country among the ten countries today, and he felt quite proud of the world.
With a "bang" sound, the door below the inn seemed to have been kicked open by someone's foot, which startled Su Xingran, who was deep in thought. Then there was the sound of heavy and hasty footsteps going up the stairs. Su Xingran closed his hands.
She stood up at the table and was about to go to the stairs to see who was so rude early in the morning. As soon as she turned around, the door of the room was pushed open from the outside with a "clatter", and her uncle Lu
Then Jun's old face with sideburns appeared in front of her.
Seeing the shocked expression on Su Xingran's face, Lu Jun deliberately made a serious face and shouted: "Xingran, look at the good things this nephew and son-in-law you hired for me did!"
"Uncle, was your husband defeated by the Chu people?" Su Xingran's heart sank after hearing Lu Jun's words.
"Hmph, it's okay to defeat him, but he actually defeated our capital, New Capital City!" Lu Jun deliberately snorted softly in his nose.
"Uncle, what did you say?" Su Xingran didn't react for a moment and looked at Lu Jun with confusion on his face.
"Haha!" Lu Jun finally couldn't hold back his hearty laughter, "This guy actually relied on only more than 10,000 people to not only destroy more than 30,000 Chu troops stationed in Xinjing City, but also took back Xinjing from the Chu army.
The capital has now gone to attack the Xinyang Pass of the Chu Kingdom. Do you think this kid’s state of mind is too wild?”
"Uncle, can you explain it more clearly?" Su Xingran couldn't believe that Chen Xiaomu was able to capture the big city of Xinjing in less than ten days.
"Read this first, and then I'll tell you!" Lu Jun handed Su Xingran the letter that Queen Lu wrote in Xinjing City.
The content written in Queen Lu's letter was similar to what the old eunuch Wang Xi dictated, except that Chen Xiaomu used the soul-returning grass to treat her illness. Su Xingran read the letter written by Queen Lu and burst into tears. At this time, Su Xingyu
Hearing his uncle Lu Jun's voice, he also walked out of the room sleepily.
Su Xingran turned around, hugged Su Xingyu tightly in her arms, and choked with sobs: "Little sister, the queen and Xingchen are still alive, and our family will be reunited soon!"
Su Xingyu was so hugged by Su Xingran that she could hardly breathe. She looked up in surprise at Lu Jun, who was standing by the door and looking at them with a smile, and asked, "Uncle, where are the queen mother and second sister?"
Lu Jun came over, tapped her little nose with his finger, and said with a smile, "You little lazy boy, you can't even understand what I'm told. Your mother and second sister are still in Xinjing City, but now Xinjing City has already
Having been beaten down by your brother-in-law, your father and your prince brother are now preparing to return to Xinjing! You two should pack up quickly, I guess we may be leaving Tianquan County soon!"
"Sister, is what uncle said true?" Su Xingyu was ecstatic when he heard this.
"Well," Su Xingran hummed and nodded, and said, "Little sister, why don't we let Yun Tang and Mei Duo take care of things here first? We will go with our uncle to see our father and see how he arranges to return to the capital.
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When Lu Jun took Su Xingran and Su Xingyu back to the Tianquan County government office lobby, the morning meeting in the lobby had not yet ended. Su Chengxuan was chatting and laughing with everyone in the lobby. When he saw Su Xingran and others coming in, he immediately got up from his chair.
Chapter completed!