The morning sun shrouded the entire Changyang City in a bloody glow.
Xu Mu walked out of the room and frowned for a moment.
"Cao Hong, is there any news?"
"Nothing."
Xu Mu turned around, looked at the tofu load outside the house, and fell into deep thought for a moment. He had done a lot of things in these two hours.
An ambush was set up outside Muyun Camp.
Several honest and upright ministers who were invited were given a settlement allowance for each of them, which was enough to provide them with food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
The world can be saved, but Daji cannot be saved, and Yuan An cannot be saved.
"master."
Several figures hurriedly rushed over, each with a frightened and angry look on their face.
"The secret sentry outside the pass came to Feishu. The Beidi people gathered a hundred thousand troops and sent troops to Wangzhou immediately. The veteran general Lian Yong traveled 2,000 miles to ask for help."
"Where is Zhao Qingyun?"
"Stand still..."
"How about the palace?"
"After finding out, we sent a traitor pretending to be a grain officer and took two hundred people to Hezhou."
"Yuan An dares to negotiate peace?"
"Master, it's very possible."
Xu Mu laughed head-on until his whole body was exhausted. What kind of world is this, what kind of dynasty is this.
"Master, the inner city is going to be in chaos."
"Everything that is supposed to come has come."
According to the layout left by Yuan Tao, even if Yuan An has no abilities, as long as he doesn't act erratically, Xu Mu will stay in Changyang for at least a year and a half to help Yuan An clean up the mess.
But it was obvious that Yuan An could not afford the support.
This mess is becoming more and more unbearable. Even if Zhuge Wuhou comes, he will sigh and have no choice.
"As shameful as the Marquis, Xu Mu can only take the second path." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and spoke in a solemn voice.
Many dead soldiers nearby also raised their hands and clasped their fists, worshiping from afar toward the sky.
"Master, there's news." Cao Hong suddenly jumped in from outside, his voice heavy.
"How? Did you succeed?"
"Master, we succeeded." Cao Hong hesitated, "But today Chen Changqing is wearing three layers of armor."
"Are you wearing three layers of armor?" Xu Mu said in a stern tone. Chen Changqing only wore one layer of armor before, but now it's better, even the bastard's head is covered with shells.
"When he entered the palace, Bai Chu couldn't bring any weapons with him. He only used the method of escaping to the ground and buried himself outside the palace. When Chen Changqing passed by, he used bamboo chopsticks to strike."
"I couldn't break the mask, so I could only use bamboo chopsticks to break one of Chen Changqing's eyes. But fortunately, bamboo chopsticks are poison-hardening."
"What happened later?" Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
"Chen Changqing fainted from the pain, and Bai Chu was chopped into pieces by three thousand iron guards."
Xu Mu sighed with difficulty.
In front of the house, the two loads of tofu that had been stored for a long time had a vague smell of rancidity.
"Cao Hong, send someone to buy two more loads of tofu and send them to Niuwei Alley."
"What is the master going to do next?"
"The people in front of Muyun camp, don't move. I'm going to the palace."
"Then the master's safety——"
"There is nothing wrong with Yu Wen in the palace."
…
In a side hall of the palace, Chen Changqing woke up. His only eye was bloodshot, his face was blue, and he was roaring like a madman.
Yuan An stood aside, his face a little pale.
He saw that the assassin was not far away from him when he took action. He had never thought that murder and bloodshed would be such a terrible thing.
Previously, he had thought of becoming an overlord and going to the border to conquer Beidi himself.
Think about it again, I'd better not touch these things...
"It must be Xu Mu!" Chen Changqing's voice hadn't stopped yet, "Your Majesty, you saw him, he wants to kill me!"
"After I die, he will be able to take charge of the government! And Your Majesty will become the puppet king!"
"Chen Qing, you still have poison in your body... take some rest first."
Chen Changqing raised his head in pain. He had always boasted that he was somewhat handsome, but now that he was blind, how could he swallow this?
"Your Majesty, if Xu Mu dares to attack me, he will dare to attack Your Majesty."
Yuan An stayed where he was.
I remembered from a distance that when he was still studying in the academy, a rich man humiliated him and asked him to imitate the barking of a dog, and he learned to bark for ten taels of silver. He learned four times and got fifty taels.
If you shout well, the extra ten taels will be rewarded.
He never let anyone know about this matter until Yuan Tao's people found him and dug out the genealogy to reveal his identity.
At his core, he is a fearful person.
He became the emperor just to glorify his family and enjoy endless wealth in his life. As for saving the country, that was a matter of course, and it was natural to do it if it could be done.
"Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely take it as my duty to save the country, help the Daji society, and not let the emperor down." Every time he thought of this sentence, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
He felt like those white-faced people on the stage in the theater, hiding very deeply, but eventually being discovered to be treacherous.
Shivering, Yuan An summoned the pen clerk and eunuch.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xu enters the palace."
Yuan An turned around hastily, with fear on his face.
Beside him, Chen Changqing, who was on the verge of collapse, quickly had someone help him up without any hesitation and walked out of the palace into the military formation of 5,000 people.
Outside the hall, Xu Mu stopped, turned his head, and looked at the mighty three thousand iron guards and two thousand Muyun Battalion officers not far in front of him.
"Kill Xu Mu!" Chen Changqing covered one eye, raised his head and roared, and continued to cough up poisonous blood. At this time, he clearly didn't care about anything.
"The Royal Forest Army obeys the order and protects Xu Zaifu! If anyone dares to cross the royal road, he will be killed immediately!" Yu Wen came running with the army, his face was cold.
In the military formation, Chen Changqing was extremely angry. In addition, he was seriously injured and his whole body became shaky.
"Xu Zaifu, you'd better not let me catch you—"
"Shut up, one-eyed dog, I'll strip you off later." Xu Mu said coldly.
This sentence was undoubtedly a huge blow, causing Chen Changqing in the military formation to vomit blood again.
…
Yuan An stood outside the imperial study. Seeing the situation, he hurriedly turned around and walked in.
"Xu, Xiang Xu, your Majesty is already asleep."
Xu Mu raised his leg and kicked open the door of the royal study. The trembling Yuan An instantly raised his head in fear.
"Xu Qing, it's such a night, why do you suddenly enter the palace?"
"I have something to ask Your Majesty."
"Xu Qing, I'm sleepy."
"Your Majesty, can you sleep peacefully?" Xu Mu looked coldly. It had only been less than a month, and as the whole mess was fermenting, Yuan An in front of him could no longer hide himself.
It can be said that the other thing that made Xu Mu the most angry was the peace negotiation with Beidi. When Chang Silang dared to go to Changyang for this matter, it proved how deeply hated this was for the entire Daji.
"Xu Qing misunderstood and did not negotiate for peace. He was the grain inspector I sent out."
"Hezhou is two thousand miles away from the inner city. What kind of grain inspector did you send?" Xu Mu said with a stern face, "Do you really think that the King of Yuzhou is a fool for letting your grain inspector pass the old pass? Or does your majesty think that Chang
Shiro, the king of Yuzhou, doesn’t dare to rebel again?”
"Xu Qing, I also want to protect the Daji Sheji! What if Beidi goes south and cannot be stopped!"
"You have to block it even if you can't!" Xu Mu stood up, his voice becoming extremely angry, "Your imperial uncle Yuan Tao almost died at the border in order to block Beidi."
"Even I, a young prime minister, had the feat of running hundreds of horses to the border in order to prevent Beidi from entering the border."
"King of Yuzhou! Even if he is the king of Yuzhou, if one day Beidi conquers Hezhou! In the face of righteousness, he will guard Laoguan!"
"Those veteran generals, those old soldiers, and those displaced refugees all raised their heads and looked helplessly at Changyang, the capital of the country. If they knew that you wanted to negotiate peace, they might be ashamed to be the judge."
"You think I am willing to do this! My military strength is to defend those rebels! Otherwise, Daji will be destroyed!"
"You really don't understand anything." Xu Mu regained his composure and spoke again with some bitterness, "The Marquis did not keep you to make you a wise king. But you have become a foolish king."