Volume 1 The Newlyweds Chapter 56 Secret Collection
Although His Majesty the Emperor's eyes were warm, he seemed to have no explanation.
"Then I would like to thank Your Majesty."
After Xue Junyou bowed and thanked him, he sat upright opposite His Majesty. The couch under him was extremely soft, but to Xue Junyou it seemed to be thorny.
Xue Junyou had a breakfast with His Majesty. Unlike Anyang, which was extravagant and exquisite, His Majesty only had some simple porridge and side dishes in the morning, which was not very luxurious.
"Right,"
Halfway through the meal, Luo Yexuan suddenly asked: "Recently, Xirong's cavalry have frequently invaded our borders. Lieutenant Sikong praised you to me, saying that you are quite talented in foreign military affairs. What do you think should be done to deal with Xirong?"
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Naturally, they would make good friends with the Western Region Federation, and the two parties would reach an alliance, jointly send troops to annex the ancient kingdom of Xirong, and then re-divide their respective territories.
But Xue Junyou was like a mirror in his heart. Although the Western Federation was weaker than the Entropy Kingdom, it was a real pack of wolves. Joining forces with them to destroy the ancient Xirong Kingdom was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.
Although the destruction of the ancient Xirong Kingdom will expand the territory of Great Entropy to at least 400 miles, for the long-term plan for Entropy Kingdom, this is the only benefit and hundreds of harms.
What's more, His Majesty didn't originally want to be at odds with Xirong, otherwise it would have been impossible for him not to accept or clearly reject Xirong's previous proposal for peace.
But what does Your Majesty mean by asking this?
Xue Jun worried about the many frictions between the Entropy Kingdom and foreign countries in the past ten years. Although the Xirong cavalry frequently invaded the Entropy Kingdom, it was not yet time for the two sides to go to war, but His Majesty has recently been thinking of ways to replenish the national treasury.
This is undoubtedly going to be another war, but based on His Majesty's thoughts, which country does he plan to send troops to next?
The most likely one is Ming State. After all, the two countries are feuding and it is justifiable to send troops to attack. However, Ming State is outside the East China Sea. Not only does it sit on the four Tianwang Islands, but also the surrounding Ming State Islands form horns with each other to resist intruders.
enemy.
If we send troops to the Ming Kingdom, we will inevitably have a long-distance expedition with a large army. Now that the Entropy Kingdom is unstable internally and there are wolves waiting for opportunities outside, it is definitely not a good time to send troops to the Ming Kingdom.
Since it is not the Ming Kingdom, then only Xirong, Beihuan, and Dongliao are left.
Xirong, as the buffer zone between the Entropy Kingdom and the Western Region Federation, is naturally untouchable at the moment.
Although Eastern Liao had fish for food, fur for clothing, horses for water and grass, and people for cheese, its national power was growing stronger day by day.
When war breaks out, he is a target for sending troops, but the name is not justified.
Xue Jun Youzai weighed it carefully for a long time, and then gave his answer: "Xirong borders both us and the Xirong Federation. If we want to deal with Xirong and ally the Western Region, it would be best for both sides to jointly send troops to carve up the territory."
"Well, that's a good idea."
Luo Yexuan's falcon eyes were not too surprised. He put down his chopsticks and said, "Go on and tell us how to form an alliance and how to divide it."
"Neither alliance nor partition."
A look of embarrassment appeared on Xue Junyou's face: "The Xirong cavalry are ferocious and they are a very hard bone for the Western Federation and us. If they are eaten forcefully, it is inevitable that they will lose their teeth."
"So you think it's better not to fight."
Luo Yexuan leaned back, a flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes: "That's right, you come from a merchant's family, so naturally it's better not to do anything if you're not completely prepared."
The implication of these words is that Xue Junyou is timid.
Xue Junyou could naturally hear it, but he did not acquiesce, but said again: "It is true that we cannot fight against Xirong without complete preparations, so Wei Chen has another suggestion... "
"Tell me something." Luo Yexuan raised his hand casually, and his eyes seemed to have lost the original warmth.
"Your Majesty can ask Xirong to take the initiative to befriend us, so that Xirong's cavalry will not dare to invade."
"How to make them take the initiative? Do you think this is a fight between two children?"
"We can send troops to destroy Beihuan first."
Xue Junyou's eyes suddenly became sharp, even mixed with a hint of ruthlessness: "With the destruction of Beihuan, many fertile grasslands will be vacated between Xirong and Dongliao. With their nomadic character, they will inevitably go to war to compete for those grasslands.
Whoever wins and who loses will be a good thing for us."
"... ... "
Luo Yexuan was silent, and looked up again to look at Xue Junyou quietly. This kid had some talent, and he actually wanted to go with him. The reason why he was so eager to raise military expenses was because he planned to pick a time to attack the North.
Huan launched a war to destroy the country.
As long as there is a war to destroy the country, the countries other than the Entropy Kingdom will definitely sit back and watch the war. If the Entropy Army slaughters the country and occupies the territory, it will be attacked by all the countries. But if the Entropy Army only slaughters the Beihuan Kingdom,
The nearly 900 miles of fertile grassland will definitely be competed by the surrounding countries, and Xirong and Dongliao, which border the Entropy Kingdom, will naturally participate.
At that time, all the three frontiers of the Entropy Kingdom can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being, and he can personally lead a heavy army to destroy the Ming Kingdom and avenge the past.
"I will consider your suggestion."
After a long time, Luo Yexuan showed a kind smile on his face: "It's getting late. I'm going to court. You should investigate whatever case you should."
Hearing the sound, Xue Junyou quickly stood up and saluted His Majesty again: "The humble minister has resigned. It's just the case of Chang Longbo... "
"That case is none of your business."
Luo Yexuan wiped his face of kindness and put the letter away properly: "I will hand it over to the Jiuying Protectorate, and the things in the letter cannot be told to anyone, otherwise I will punish you, Anyang
I can't protect you or the entire Xue family."
"We sincerely obey the Holy Will."
After Xue Junyou finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left, feeling slightly relieved.
It's a good thing that Chang Longbo's case was not handed over to him. The fire at the Nanyun Palace and the Cha Mihua corpse case were enough to worry him. If another one happened, how would he be able to investigate the matter of Concubine Gongsun?
Xue Junyou was not idle after leaving the palace. He first went to the Crime Department and took all the crime files related to those two cases and brought them back to Princess Anyang's Mansion. Then he and Feiyun secretly came to Feijue Manor.
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Xue Junyou stood alone in front of the red jade palace he arrived at that day, feeling very curious.
After so many days, we can finally know what the Imperial Concubine Gongsun left in the secret treasure of Fei Jue.
About the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, Feiyun opened the door from the Ruby Palace and walked out: "Come in with me, I've given you all the instructions."
Xue Junyou responded softly and followed into the Ruby Palace with curiosity.
After entering, the interior of the palace was similar to what Xue Junyou had guessed before. There was nothing except ordinary floor tiles. Other than that, there was no other display in the palace.
This is the simplest trap, making the intruder seem ordinary, but in fact, there is a murderous intention hidden under every floor tile.
However, it was extremely safe to enter with people inside Fei Jue. Xue Junyou followed the stone bricks Fei Yun had stepped on to the deepest part of the palace.
I saw him pressing his palm on one of the floor tiles, and then pressing his other palm on the other floor tile.
With a click, a floor tile in front of Feiyun slowly rose up, with a secret box hidden inside. He turned the secret box again, and then the underground secret door slowly appeared.
Xue Junyou looked behind and was surprised. If it were him, he would probably open the secret box, but his instinctive reaction would be to open it and see what was in the secret box. In this case, he would probably fall into many traps.
Under this secret door, there is a long and wide secret passage. There are many chamber doors built beside the secret passage, which should be the so-called secret.
Xue Junyou followed Feiyun down two secret doors and walked through three levels of secret passages before stopping in front of a door with the Chinese character thirty-three engraved on it.
"This is the storage hall that your key can open."
Feiyun squatted down and rubbed something on the lower left side of the door with one hand. As soon as his hand movement stopped, he pressed hard on the place that could be pressed with his palm.
There was a sound of a mechanism starting up, and a hidden channel slowly rose up from the position in front of the room door.
"Pour all the yin and yang tokens inside." Feiyun said.
Xue Junyou followed his instructions, took out the porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and slowly poured the golden dog's blood into it.
After a while, all the small gold pieces in the dog blood seemed to be absorbed, leaving only the bright red color slowly flowing in the dark groove.
When the color of the dog blood completely turned pure, the door of the room slowly rose with a bang, revealing another short secret passage inside. Not far away, you could see the second door, with a
Dragon shaped groove.
"This is the last door. I need your jade pendant."
Feiyun brought Xue Junyou to the door of the second room: "I'm also curious about what's inside. After all, my aunt is an imperial concubine, so I guess there must be some valuable treasures or secrets of the palace that no one knows.
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"Your thoughts are the same as mine before."
Xue Junyou said, slowly putting the jade pendant into the groove, and heard another sound of the machine starting up.
The second door slowly opened, revealing a large hall. After the door was fully opened, the curiosity that could not be concealed on the faces of Xue Junyou and Feiyun completely disappeared.
There was nothing, it was even emptier than the ruby palace above, not even a single expensive celebrity calligraphy or painting was hung on the surrounding walls.
"What a surprise..." After being stunned for a long time, Xue Junyou slowly said.
"It's possible that my mother put away the contents."
Feiyun frowned lightly, recalling the importance her mother attached to this matter: "When you first came in wearing that jade pendant, your mother asked me to ask you about your background. Could it be that time?"
"The steps to enter here are so complicated and require special items. How did your mother get in?" Xue Junyou asked doubtfully.
Fei Yun shrugged: "Because she is the head of Fei Jue's family. We Fei Jue have built a secret in our own house. We can't even know how to get in, right?"
"Heh, it's really better to be the head of the family."
Xue Junyou let out a weird sound and walked into the secret room alone, wanting to search carefully. After all, after spending so much effort to get here, he couldn't just take a look and leave.