, I should have inflicted blood on you just like I did to your elder brother, so that you could enjoy the pain of a sick body!"

Gu Tingye clenched his fists with both hands, his veins were exposed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's really you! Are you crazy? My eldest brother is your sister's biological son! You did this to him!"

"Sister? Haha~~~" Xiao Qin laughed wildly like a maniac.

"Do you know how much I envied my eldest sister when I was a child? My husband has treated her like a treasure since I was a child. When my sister was alive, he was not even willing to take a concubine. Later, the old woman got too anxious and he actually took my sister with him.

It was also at that time that the frontier made great military exploits."

"But since his sister died, his heart also died." Xiao Qin looked at Qin Hao and sneered: "At this time, your father proposed to marry me to him for a second marriage. I refused in every possible way, but in the end he just decided

I was only sixteen years old when I was able to marry my forty-year-old brother-in-law!"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Do you know why I want to kill your eldest brother? Because he is too smart. If it weren't for his poor health, Gu Tingye, you would never inherit the title of Marquis Ningyuan in your life, said

You want to thank me when you get up!" Xiao Qin's laughter was harsh, but she couldn't stop, as if she heard a very funny joke.

Gu Tingye snorted coldly: "You just want the third child to inherit the title."

Xiao Qin stopped laughing and roared like a madman: "You Qin family and Gu family have ruined my life. Even if I die, I will hold you back..."

Qin Hao shook his head secretly and had to admit that bad guys are usually very smart. Xiao Qin is definitely a smart person, but as a woman, she is not knowledgeable enough.

She thought of using the suspicion between the monarch and his ministers to alienate their relationship with Zhao Zongquan. However, she did not know that at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, Zhao Zongquan would give them 100% trust.

If this confession had appeared a few years ago or a few years after their Northern Expedition, it might still have some effect, but at this point in time, it is just a piece of waste paper.

With a wave of Liu Jinzhong's hand, Xiao Qin was dragged out. What awaited her would be a secret execution. Xiao Qin seemed to know her fate, and the screams echoed in the prison.

"Gu Tingye, I will not let you go. Even if you become a ghost, I will kill you. The title belongs to my son!"

After coming out of the Imperial City Division, Gu Tingye's mood was a little complicated. When he learned that Xiao Qin was going to pay someone to kill Minglan's mother and son, he wanted to kill Xiao Qin, but when she was really dead, he didn't feel the pleasure of revenge at all.

, after all, when Xiao Qin was a child, although Xiao Qin's consideration for him was false, it also made him feel the warmth from his family, which made up for his lack of maternal love since childhood.

Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Little Qin was a time bomb, and blowing it up now would be the best result. It would also save him from having to worry about his family when he went on an expedition.

It can be seen from Qin's behavior just now that she hates the Qin family no less than the Gu family.

Back home, Qin Hao told his family about the situation.

Qin Junye couldn't help but feel frightened for a while. Fortunately, his son had a high status and was trusted by the officials. Otherwise, he might really implicate the Dongchang Hou Mansion.

However, Gu Tingwei could not accept Xiao Qin's death and lived in confusion all day long. Qin Hao did not bother to persuade him. Without Xiao Qin's protection, his future road would not be smooth. It was time for him to go through some hardships.

In the new year, the atmosphere in the Song Dynasty was obviously different. There were many remarks against the Liao Kingdom, both in the court and among the people.

The economy of the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the people were the richest in the history of the dynasty. Their living standards improved significantly, and the literacy rate also increased unprecedentedly.

But there is one shame that the Song Dynasty cannot get rid of, and that is military. In the war against the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty did not even record a victory in a battle involving more than a thousand people.

Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's defeat at the Gaoliang River directly broke the backbone of the Song Dynasty, and he had to sign the "Chanyuan Alliance". In name, the Liao and Song Dynasties agreed to become brotherly countries. In fact, the Song Dynasty gave Liao Suiyuan silver coins every year.

100,000 taels and 200,000 bolts of silk. One family is forced to pay tribute to another family. What kind of brothers are these?

This time, Zhao Zongquan was also determined to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Since last year, he had used overseas merchant ships to transport a large amount of grain and stored it in Mozhou and Yingzhou. The tax revenue from maritime merchants also gave Zhao Zongquan the confidence to fight this battle.

Qin Hao and Gu Tingye also became busier. Except for Xiu Mu, they spent the rest of their time in the military camp.

As for the soldiers' drills, Qin Hao added some actual combat exercises in addition to some regular training. In actual combat, except that the weapons used had no slits, everything else was exactly the same as in normal war.

In order to improve the competitiveness of his soldiers, Qin Hao also specifically asked Zhao Zongquan for a reward to be awarded to the top three troops.

Especially for infantry, Qin Hao specially conducted joint exercises with Gu Tingye in order to improve the infantry's ability to resist cavalry attacks.

This model of actual combat exercises was also highly praised by Zhao Zongquan. He would come to the site to observe the actual combat exercises almost every month.

The soldiers were already very motivated in the face of the generous rewards. Coupled with the honor of being personally awarded by the officials, the soldiers screamed one by one, and they even paid more attention to their daily training.

Just three months before Zhao Zongquan was about to send troops, the Liao State sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to question whether Zhao Zongquan wanted to tear up the Tanyuan Alliance.

Zhao Zongquan tore up the original Tan Yuan Alliance contract to pieces directly in front of him.

"Okay, you just wait until the country is destroyed!"

Zhao Zongquan let out a long laugh, pointed at the envoy and said: "If I don't kill you today, whoever and I will capture this man on the battlefield in the future will be granted the title of Marquis!"

"I will go where I will in the end!"
Chapter completed!