Chapter 1451 Qing Qi starts the war, goodbye to the princess of Northern Qi
Qingguo Palace, Imperial Study Room!
Today Emperor Qing rarely polished arrowheads or reviewed memorials, but was meditating.
Lin Gong's death allowed him to see an opportunity, not only an opportunity to start a national war against Northern Qi, but also an opportunity to deal with Zhou Chen.
In the war against Northern Qi, with the current strength of Qing State, he felt that he would win, but against Zhou Chen, he was not too sure.
On the national war battlefield, the competition is about military strength, logistics, intelligence, command, etc. But to deal with the Grand Master, relying on these is far from enough. What must be relied on is the top combat power.
Emperor Qing has not fought against anyone since he was promoted to grand master. Although he is very confident in himself, he is not even half sure when facing Zhou Chen, an unprecedented young grand master.
He sent urgent orders to Ye Liuyun and Chen Pingping respectively. Chen Pingping came back, but there was no news about Ye Liuyun.
Chen Pingping is back, but he is not a Grand Master after all. Even though he is wise, it will be useless in a real Grand Master battle.
Ye Liuyun was originally the trump card that Emperor Qing kept against Ku He and Sigu Jian, but Emperor Qing, who had dominated the imperial power for many years, was angered by Zhou Chen's several "provocations" and felt that Zhou Chen was a very unstable factor, so he thought
Can we get rid of Zhou Chen first?
If we can get rid of a great master first, this process and experience may play a big role in killing Ku He and Si Gu Jian in the future.
His idea was good, but Ye Liuyun received the order and didn't even reply.
Ye Liuyun was restrained by Emperor Qing because of the Ye family, and he couldn't help himself. Therefore, Zhou Chen's appearance made Ye Liuyun seem to see his original self.
But Zhou Chen is very different from him, so he doesn't want to help Emperor Qing deal with Zhou Chen. He even hopes that Zhou Chen is alive. As long as Zhou Chen is still alive, Ye Liuyun's value will be even higher. Emperor Qing needs his
If you don't have the strength, you don't dare to deal with the Ye family wantonly.
The three pillars are the most balanced. He was sure that Emperor Qing would not dare to force him. Wasn't Emperor Qing afraid that he would join forces with Zhou Chen?
Therefore, for Ye Liuyun, the benefits of Zhou Chen's life are far greater than those of death. To a certain extent, Zhou Chen's life and death are closely related to him.
If Zhou Chen lives well, he can live freely. If Zhou Chen dies, he can only be manipulated by Emperor Qing.
In this case, any fool knows how to choose.
As for the so-called loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, forget it, this concept does not exist in the dictionary of the great master.
Whatever Ye Liuyun could think of, Emperor Qing could naturally think of it, so he was so angry at Ye Liuyun who didn't reply.
In the past two days, because of Lin Gong's death, the court officials impeached Ye Zhong, which also gave him a headache. In the past, he used the Ye family to control Ye Liuyun, but now he also wants to use the Ye family to stabilize Ye Liuyun.
For Emperor Qing, a chess player, Zhou Chen has become the most uncontrollable chess piece on his chessboard, and this chess piece may bite the master at any time.
Ye Liuyun was unreliable. Emperor Qing had no confidence at all based on Chen Pingping's words. At this moment, he really hoped that Zhou Chen could become an official in the court, and also hoped that the Zhou family could be as large as the Ye family, so that he could use the imperial power and even use
Lin Ruofu is here to deal with the Zhou family.
But it is a pity that Zhou Chen is not an official, and Zhou Xingniang's family, the only one related to Zhou Chen, is still unable to hold up the wall, so now we can only stand still and continue to endure, and deal with Northern Qi first.
In order to start the war, he called the crown prince, the second prince, Lin Ruofu, and Fan Xian over, and asked Chen Pingping to cooperate with him. Together, they put on a movie-level performance, and blamed Lin Gong's death on Beiqi and Dongyi City Si Gu Jian.
Although Lin Ruofu felt aggrieved, facing the determined Emperor Qing, he could only hold back his blood and tears and agreed with Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping's inference, blaming Beiqi for his son's death.
In the imperial study room, only Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping were left.
"There are two parties who want to kill Lin Gong. Have you not found out the origins of those who came later?"
The Inspection and Inspection Institute who participated in the murder of Lin Gong knew best. Many people did not know that Lin Gong was almost attacked and killed by two parties.
Chen Pingping replied: "Your Majesty, those men in black were all dead soldiers, and no one was left alive. Our Inspection Institute has carefully investigated. There is no identity, no origin, no sign. It is impossible to determine which force it is, but it is certain.
What's more, the other party wants to kill Lin Gong, and his status in Kyoto is not low."
Emperor Qing was very dissatisfied with this answer: "After checking for so long, I found nothing. Your inspection institute is becoming more and more disappointed with me."
"Your Majesty, forgive me."
Chen Pingping admitted her mistake honestly.
When Emperor Qing saw this, he didn't say anything else. He just said: "The real culprit behind Lin Gong can only be Sigu Jian."
"I understand."
"Also, the Duke of Zhenguo, you are being watched closely."
Chen Pingping's eyelids sunk slightly and she responded: "I understand."
He already knew about the Queen Mother's bedroom and the Crouching Tiger and Coiling Dragon escorted by Emperor Qing and Zhou Chen a few days ago.
As a minister, he would naturally not expose Emperor Qing's shortcomings, but he was still amazed by Zhou Chen's behavior. There were very few people who could force His Majesty to do nothing.
As soon as Chen Pingping walked out of the palace, Shadow came over and told him a piece of news.
"Lin Ruofu went to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion."
Chen Pingping smiled slightly and said: "The murderer is Si Gu Jian. It is really ridiculous."
Shadow asked: "Then he went to see Duke Zhen Guo. Could it be that he suspected Duke Zhen Guo?"
Chen Pingping shook her head and said: "Lin Ruofu is not that stupid. If you want to say that the person least likely to kill Lin Gong in Kyoto, Zhen Guogong is definitely one. If that young man wanted to kill Lin Gong, he might be like Fan Xian and go out on the street.
Let’s intercept and kill him.”
"It is said that when a young man becomes famous, he will be proud and arrogant, but we have all seen that young man. Such a temperament is not something a young man can have. Among the five great masters, he is the youngest, but in my opinion, he is
Among the five great masters, he is the one with the most otherworldly temperament."
"You think so highly of him?"
"It is what it is."
"It seems to be true. At least in martial arts, he is really talented. The other four great masters are not necessarily better than him."
Shadow is a martial arts fanatic. In martial arts, Zhou Chen can become a great master by relying only on his own talent without anyone's guidance. This is something that the other four great masters do not possess, so he has always felt that Zhou Chen must be
The most talented among the five great masters.
Chen Pingping's eyes were distant. He knew that Emperor Qing wanted to deal with Zhou Chen, but luckily he didn't really make that decision. Ever since he met Zhou Chen, he felt that Zhou Chen was probably the most difficult one to deal with among the five great masters.
After fighting Ku He and fighting Si Gu Jian for three days and three nights with no outcome, the great master in the palace could sense when Si Gu Jian attacked, but when Zhou Chen sneaked into the palace, he didn't notice it at all.
So, all of these can show how powerful Zhou Chen is.
Zhou Chen may be rebellious, but he is not someone who takes the initiative to cause trouble. No matter what angle he looks at, he does not want to see Emperor Qing take action against Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was very surprised to learn that Lin Ruofu was visiting, but he immediately knew why he came, so he received him in person.
"Dong Guo of Zhou."
"Xiang Lin."
After the maid put on the tea set and poured the tea, she was signaled by Zhou Chen to leave. Only Zhou Chen and Lin Xiang were left in the side hall.
"Speaking of which, I have lived in Kyoto for twenty years, and today is the first time I met Lin Xiang. I have heard about Xiang Lin's deeds since I was a child."
Lin Ruofu said: "The Duke of Zhou is laughing. Compared with you, I am older. At your age, I was still a penniless little man. Unlike the Duke of Zhou, who at such a young age has become a man who can stir up the world.
The great master, this kind of achievement is much better than me."
Zhou Chen said in a calm tone: "Prime Minister Lin is so humble. Whether it was then or now, Prime Minister Lin's demeanor is one of the best in the Qing Dynasty."
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Lin Ruofu came here today for his own purpose, not to chat or flatter each other.
So he changed the topic and suddenly said: "Duke Zhou must have guessed why I came here without telling you?"
"Prime Minister Lin, it's probably about the second young master of your house?"
"To be honest with Duke Zhou, I just came out of the palace and met with your majesty not long ago. Your majesty told Chen Pingping that the person who killed my son was the great master."
Lin Ruofu kept his eyes fixed on Zhou Chen, trying to tell the difference from the changes in Zhou Chen's expression.
Zhou Chen's expression did not change at all, and he raised his hand to pour tea for Lin Ruofu.
"What do you think, Lin Xiang?"
"There were two groups of people who assassinated my son that day, but one person killed my son and his bodyguards. My son's bodyguards were all at level seven or above. Not many people in Kyoto could kill them so quickly. According to Chen Pingping
He said, my son and the others died very quickly, and it can be said that they were unable to fight back. If they were not great masters, who could they be?"
"Then Prime Minister Lin came to me with the intention of doubting me?"
Lin Ruofu did not deny it and said directly: "I have investigated and found that when my son died, the five great masters, Ku He, Sigu Jian and Ye Liuyun were not in Kyoto. Only Zhou Guogong and the mysterious grand master in the palace were in Kyoto."
To be continued...