In the Xianyang Palace, Emperor Sima Yao, who had barely suppressed his anger, was having a meal.
The food was all his favorites, and the drinks were enough. The maids and eunuchs all knew that His Majesty the Emperor had been ravenous these past few days, and no one would step forward to stop him.
Sima Yao can drink freely today.
However, given such a good opportunity, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly became dissatisfied and reluctantly took a few bites before putting down his chopsticks.
"Your Majesty, but the food is not to your taste?" A little palace maid came forward and asked tremblingly.
His Majesty the Emperor has been in seclusion for five days and has not seen any living people. I heard that he is often hungry.
His temperament is definitely not normal, and just standing next to him waiting for the call is frightening enough.
Now, Sima Yao, who had long been complaining that he was hungry, actually put down his chopsticks and stopped eating.
Who can not be nervous about this?
"I don't want to eat it." Sima Yao's tone was very bad, and the little palace maid became even more nervous.
"Go and see if Yuan Bao is back. If he is, ask him to come see me as soon as possible!"
"Yes Yes!"
"Slave, go now!"
The little palace maid's voice was filled with tears. As soon as Sima Yao gave the order, she didn't dare to waste a moment and ran out of the palace.
His Majesty the Emperor's mood today is indeed not right. In the past, he was always extremely harsh on his servants, especially the little maids who served him every day, and the little eunuchs were the victims on a daily basis.
But now, the little palace maid is hesitant in answering, and dares to run in the palace, showing all kinds of disgrace, but what about Sima Yao?
He, who has always been harsh, had no reaction at all!
Of course Sima Yao is hungry, but he can't feel it at all now and has no interest in eating at all.
Those nonsense words of Sima Daozi kept swirling in his mind. After hearing those rebellious words, which emperor or elder brother could still survive?
Damn it!
You must deal with him!
Sima Yao was not a confused person. When he sat alone and recalled the words he just heard, he immediately understood who was the most hateful person.
Sima Daozi!
Of course it's him!
Wang Guobao is just a flatterer. He would say that because he was completely following Daozi's thoughts. It can be seen that Sima Daozi had such thoughts on weekdays.
Fortunately, he left the palace early, otherwise, we still wouldn’t know what evil plan these villains were planning!
It's not impossible to put some poison in his food!
Thinking of this, Sima Yao suddenly shuddered, his heart trembling.
terrible!
"Your Majesty, I'm back."
As soon as Yuan Bao stepped into the palace door, he saw Sima Yao with a livid face, and the food on the table was almost untouched.
"Come here quickly!"
"Tell me what you heard."
Although he listened to Yuan Bao's advice and did not immediately catch Sima Daozi for questioning, Sima Yao did not really forget this incident.
Things that need to be investigated must be investigated, not just investigated, but investigated clearly, without any ambiguity at all.
Accompanied by other eunuchs, Sima Yao returned to Xianyang Hall, but left the ingot outside the side hall.
Just to observe the actions of Sima Daozi and the others. Yuanbao is the eunuch of the inner palace. Since Sima Yao went into seclusion, he basically lost his job.
On a daily basis, he would either stay outside the Xianyang Hall or walk around to supervise the young eunuchs in their hard work. At this time, even if he appeared outside the side hall and was caught by Sima Daozi and the others, there was no need to worry about being suspected.
"Your Majesty, it's better not to listen to those bastard words."
Yuan Bao stepped forward, wiped his sweat, and asked the maids to replace the food that had gone cold and replace it with some new ones.
"explain!"
"Whatever the bastards said, you should tell the truth. You must not hide it for them. If I find out that you didn't tell the truth, you will be the first to deal with it!"
Good guy!
He couldn't carry this big, black cauldron.
"Actually, after His Majesty left, they didn't say any more disobedient words. There is just one thing that I think they should report to Your Majesty."
"Say it!"
"Stop dilly-dallying!" Your Majesty said impatiently.
"The slave heard that they opened a battle report. It was actually Jingzhou General Huan Chong and Wang Shilang who reported the victory of Nanyang County. It was definitely a good news. However, both King Langya and Wang Guobao seemed to be very concerned about this matter.
Suspect."
"They all agreed that General Huan and Wang Shilang must be lying. With their abilities, they will never be able to capture Nanyang County!"
"They also said that Nanyang County was so impregnable in the hands of Di Qin that it was impossible to shake it with about 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers. Now, King Langya has asked Wang Guobao to draft a decree to urgently recruit Wang Shilang and others back to Jiankang.
"
"Recall Jiankang?"
"Why do you want him to go back to Jiankang?"
At first, Sima Yao could still hold it, but later, he couldn't hold it any longer.
Things have reached this point, and Yuanbao's intention is obvious. Compared with Wang Gong and other officials in the court, he also hates the sycophancy of Wang Guobao.
He has been in the palace for many years. To be fair, Sima Daozi's qualifications are still inferior to Sima Yao. This is obvious to anyone with a discerning eye.
Today, Sima Yao is only in his twenties. Although he is a heavy drinker, he is in good health and is in the prime of life.
Such an emperor has been a rare talent since the founding of the Jin Dynasty. In the past few years when Sima Yao was in power, the government had become much smoother.
Those aristocratic families that rebelled and made troubles on a daily basis also stopped a lot, which was a great honor to Sima Yao. If you don't support such a good person, and instead support Sima Daozi, that fool, is he sick?
Somewhere unknown to Wang Mi and others, the great eunuch Yuan Bao actually stood in their camp and secretly helped.
Obviously, the help from him, Sima Yao's personal eunuch, was extremely rare for Wang Mi, the minister of Huangmen, Huan Chong, the general of Jingzhou, and even the entire imperial court.
"I heard that I wanted to ask for guilt, but I didn't hear the details clearly."
"condemn?"
"Zhiyuan and the others won the battle, why should they be questioned?"
This time, Sima Yao even forgot to be angry, and he laughed out of anger.
"This, how could this slave guess this? I'm a very ignorant slave and can't understand it at all. I just relayed what they said truthfully."
"I have already told you what I have heard. What is your Majesty's will? Perhaps you should stop Wang Guobao first and prevent him from sending a message to Nanyang?" Yuanbao raised his head and tried to inquire.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, even if Wang Guobao immediately drafted a decree according to Sima Daozi's instructions, such a decree still needs to be formally transcribed again and then sealed and signed by Sima Daozi. In other words, this so-called decree must be
If you want to send it out, you have to wait until tomorrow at least.
It's still too late to stop him now!
Xiao Yuanbao was still too kind, so this was the remedy he thought of, which would not offend King Langya, but also save Wang Mi and the others.
It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
However, Sima Yao pondered for a long time, but did not agree with Yuan Bao's suggestion.
"Why are you stopping him?"
"Let him deliver it to Nanyang City!"
"At that time, as long as Zhiyuan and the others set out from Nanyang, they will be self-defeating if they make arbitrary judgments against Huan Chong and Zhiyuan."
"These idiots!" Sima Yao said harshly.
"But, I think about it, the national treasure is determined to deal with Wang Shilang, and he will definitely add words like asking for guilt in his will. If these words are read by Wang Shilang and others, it will hurt their hearts too much."
"Isn't this...not good?"
Yuan Bao couldn't tell exactly what was wrong, but he just felt that it would be better if this matter could be stopped at the source.
The food was brought out again, and although there was obviously no change in the dishes, Sima Yao suddenly regained his appetite.
He held it up and said with a smile: "Yuanbao, you are still too young, and you are definitely not so strict when dealing with many things."
"Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"bet?"
"With Your Majesty?"
"How dare you? Your Majesty really scared me." Yuan Bao scratched the back of his head, feeling very embarrassed.
Sima Yao waved his hand and reassured him: "Don't worry, this is just a joke. Even if you win, I won't do anything to you."
"If you win, maybe Wang Shilang will reward you when he comes back."
Yuan Bao's eyes lit up. Is there such a good thing?
Sima Yao nodded: "That's right."
"I bet that Wang Zhiyuan will definitely understand what I mean. Not only will he return to Jiankang to retaliate to me, but he will also know who is behind his back."
"He will never easily believe that the court wants to accuse him, do you believe it or not?"
Ever since he came back from Xiangyang, Sima Yao felt that Wang Zhiyuan's appearance had changed dramatically. His whole person exudes the energy to strategize and have a well-thought-out plan from the inside out.
This was completely unimaginable in the past.
With his mind, how could he easily believe Wang Guobao's stupid words before seeing the real situation?
"I didn't expect that this kid Zhiyuan is getting more and more capable!"
"They actually captured Nanyang County!"
“It’s really awesome!”
"Let him come back quickly, I really want to see him, I'm very anxious!"
Sima Yao stroked his beard and had a great appetite. He still remembered that when Wang Mi led the troops to support Xinye City, he was not completely sure in his words. He only said that he was going to give it a try.
But he didn't expect that in a short period of time, he not only saved Xinye, but even defeated a tough guy like Nanyang!
How can it not be impressive?
Could it be that all these victories are attributed to the pistol team?
…………
Jiankang City, Xuejia Tower.
"Well, why did you call me out?"
"To tell you the truth, I don't have much time to deal with you. If there is nothing important, then I'll leave!" Xie Shi, wearing a maroon gown and a jade crown, came to the best restaurant in Jiankang City, but there was nothing
Not happy either.
As soon as my butt fell down, I wanted to lift it up and didn't want to stay there for long.
In front of him, the man with an indifferent smile was the person Xie An hated the most, Wang Guobao.
"We're already here, so why bother showing off like this?"
"If you don't want to stay here, how about I come and visit you?"
Wang Guobao's words were like a sharp blade, piercing directly into Xie Shi's heart.
"That's impossible!"
"Let's talk about it here!"
"Say it right here."
Speaking of the grievances between the national treasure brother and the Xie family, no one in the government or the public knows about it, but yes, this grievance also has a direction.
Although Wang Guobao also hates Xie An, this kind of hate is just a kind of grudge that since you look down on me, I will look down on you.
As long as he is given a chance, he doesn't mind visiting in person to give Xie An a little worry.
The real reason that caused Wang Guobao to break off diplomatic relations with the Xie family was Xie An. In the past, when Wang Guobao felt good about himself, he would often visit the Xie family's house.
It was Xie An who didn't want to see him. Every time he saw him coming to the door, he would get into a fight and kick him out with curse words.
Over the years, Brother Guobao has finally become more conscious and no longer comes to give Xie An eye drops. If he were to come to his door at this time, Mr. Xie might jump three feet high and onto the eaves!
"If you have anything to do, just tell me!"
"Do not talk nonsense!"
"Why are you so angry?"
"Do you think I just want to see the Xie family?"
Wang Guobao stretched out his finger and made a stroke between the two people: "We are each other."
A glass of sake was poured. Compared to Xie An, Xie Shi was still someone he could chat with, and Wang Guobao didn't have such a deep dislike for him.
This is why Xie Shi was called out.
"Stone slave, look at this."
With a bang, a bamboo tube fell on the table in front of Xie Shi. He gasped when he saw the appearance of the bamboo tube.
"Is this a battle report from the front line?"
The Xie family is still very well informed. They now know that the Jingzhou soldiers stationed in Xinye City are in big trouble.
And their prospective son-in-law Wang Zhiyuan has also rushed to Xinye City with his own soldiers to support. So far, there is no war in Dajin that can be called a war. Except for Xinye, there is no need to use this kind of confidential form to report the battle. Other possibilities!
"Could it be that Huan Chong was in trouble again?"
Thinking of the situation in Xinye City, someone immediately thought of Mr. Huan Chonghuan who could not be counted on that time.
"I told you a long time ago that if he interferes, this battle will not be won!"
Mr. Huan: What's going on?
Is there anyone who curses like that?
Who returned victorious on the battlefield in Xiangyang?
who is it?
who is it!
Wang Guobao deliberately remained silent, and when Xie Shi opened the pieces of tissue paper, he was even more shocked.
"Won?"
"Our army actually won!"
"What a joy!"
"Great joy!"
"Very good!"
Nanyang County!
They actually took back Nanyang County!
It’s not easy!
What a miracle!
Counting on your fingers, it has been seven or eight years since the important towns in the north of the Yangtze River, Nanyang and Shunyang, were captured by the Qin Dynasty.
Unlike Xiangyang at the junction of the north and the south, these counties located further north were lost one after another after they shrank after the Huan-Wen Northern Expedition.
After careful calculation, I can no longer calculate the exact date.
But now, the Jingzhou soldiers, who had always been looked down upon, with a slightly weaker strength and a less well-organized army, actually took back the important town of Nanyang.