Da Wei Chun

Chapter 592

Gao Ying sat motionless on the couch, her eyes were empty and she was as dumb as a wooden chicken.

Several ministers knelt at the bottom of the steps, their expressions were either pained, angry, or numb.

The huge West Hall of Tai Chi was completely silent, and the atmosphere was extremely strange.The little emperor sitting beside Gao Ying was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, but he didn't know what happened.

After a while of silence, he couldn't help it, moved his butt slightly, and looked at the few memorials on the case.

They were all urgently sent from Bing, Fen, Xia, Shuo and other prefectures within [-] miles. No matter which one was sent, it was like a catastrophe, not to mention that it was as agreed, with bad news one after another.

Gao Zhao defected to the north...

Highly raised the Xiazhou rebellion...

Gao Zhi raised Shuozhou to rebel...

The monks of Heng, Yan, Ying, and Ding prefectures suddenly joined forces and besieged Dingzhou...

The six towns are already unstable...

Gao Ying felt that the sky was falling.

Half a month ago, Yuan Cheng had told her that the world was still considered peaceful, even if there was a slight fluctuation, it was just a disease of scabies.Therefore, it is the time for the Queen Mother to make great efforts to govern and show her grand plans.

But in just over ten days, the situation took a sudden turn. In the world of Wei, nearly half of the world was already surrounded by wars?

"Why... is this so?"

Gao Ying raised his head and asked in a dull voice, his voice was hoarse and hoarse, like a torn scarf, extremely ear-piercing.

All the assistants bowed their heads in silence.

It's not that I don't know, but I'm ashamed to say it.

In the final analysis, everything is due to Gao Zhao.

If it weren't for Gao Zhao, Xiazhou would not have rebelled!

If it weren't for Gao Zhao, Shuozhou would not have rebelled!
If it weren't for Gao Zhao, the four prefectures of Heng and Ding would be short of food, and they wouldn't be so short.So even if there is civil unrest, it will not be a landslide and embankment collapse, and it will be out of control...

If it weren't for Gao Zhao's maneuvers, the six towns that had just settled down would never be in turmoil again, at least not so quickly...

And all of this has long been expected, and more than once, it has been reported, vowing that Gao Zhao will rebel.

But whether it was the queen mother or the courtiers, they all took it as a joke at the beginning.

Now it's too late to regret, I can't even cry, and it's even more embarrassing and indignant.

The Empress Dowager naturally knew well that the reason why she still wanted to be so cruel at this time was because she was extremely afraid, so she used this to talk about herself and hope for peace of mind.

Her thinking was very simple: since Li Chengzhi could predict this festival a year ago, he must have thought about countermeasures.At least it is better than the panic-stricken and helpless assistants in the palace now.

But she forgot that not everyone is like Yuan Ying, who is willing to devote all her energy to this Yuan family, and will not leave even the slightest retreat.

For example, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia, if they hadn't been fighting for power and profit, they thought that Li Chengzhi and Gao Zhao would suffer both losses, and even thought that Li Chengzhi's participation in Gao Zhao's words were all false accusations, so why would they have missed the great opportunity to eradicate the chaos and eliminate the rebellion?

In fairness, if Yuan Ying is the culprit of the crime, the two of them are the accomplices who helped Gao Zhao become rebellious.At this time, if you talk about Gao Zhaozhi's crimes, it is tantamount to exposing their skins and holding them accountable for pampering and conniving traitors.

Therefore, the two talents are like iron mouths and copper teeth, and they will not speak.

And like Cui Guang, although he is not gloating, he still feels a little happy secretly: the old man has played repeatedly, and although Li Chengzhi is not kind, he has a heart of innocence.However, Gao Zhao's treachery seems to be loyal, and he is ambitious... just out of balance, Li Chengzhi should be valued and Gao Zhao should be despised, but a bunch of stupid pigs do the opposite?

Now that the bottom of the pot has been punctured, isn't it too late to think about it?
In the words of Li Chengzhi, the court at this time seems to be eager to put out the fire, but it is actually looking for someone to take the blame.

As for Liu Fang and You Zhao, they are naturally watching the fire: if they make suggestions to reuse Li Chengzhi at this time, they are not only harming him, but also harming themselves...

Only Xi Kangsheng, who entered the center not long ago, was quite aloof.Furthermore, his foundation is still shallow, so naturally he would say whatever the Queen Mother wanted to hear.

Seeing that no one responded, he took a step forward on his knees and said loudly: "Your servant has played!"

Gao Ying's face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice, "Speak!"

"Since Li Guogong predicted the enemy beforehand, why not invite him to Beijing immediately to discuss countermeasures?"

Gao Ying's heart relaxed, and his eyes swept away, and fell on the faces of Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia: "What do you two princes think?"

Intuitively, there seemed to be steel needles hidden in the Empress Dowager's eyes, which made Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia's faces turn cold.

If he dared to say "no" at this time, Gao Ying would turn his face immediately and question their guilt.Otherwise, why not ask "Zhuqing", but "two princes"?
Yuan Cheng bit the bullet and replied: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Yuan Jia hurriedly followed: "The minister also seconded the proposal!"

Cui Guang, Liu Fang, and You Zhao looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then bowed down helplessly: "I don't mind waiting!"

If you object again at this time, you will offend Gao Ying to death...

"Okay!" Gao Ying nodded emphatically, "There is no doubt about it, immediately issue an edict to call Lu Guogong (Lu Long, the governor of Pingzhou, the state is the Lu State) to Beijing!"

"No!" Cui Guang and Liu Fang responded in unison.He also knew that the power was urgent, and he knew that the matter was of great importance, so he didn't call the officials under the door, but handed over to the palace to draft the imperial edict on the spot.

Liu Fang wrote the pen, You Zhao polished the ink, and Cui Guang asked again: "If there is an order, where should it go?"

Liu Fang paused for a while: "Li Guogong passed through Jianxing County (now Gaoping, Shanxi, south of Shangdang) seven days ago, and now after seven days, he should arrive at Weijun (now Anyang). If there is a rebellion, there is no guarantee that he will not make a detour, so he will go to Jianxing first, and then it will depend on the actual situation..."

That's all there is to it.

Cui Guang nodded, and played to Gao Yingbing again, saying that he would send an order to his family to prepare a fast horse immediately, and when the imperial edict was written, after using the empress dowager's and emperor's seals, he could send eight hundred miles on the road in a hurry .

Gao Yingzhun played, Cui Guang was about to leave the palace when he bumped into Qin Song who was rushing towards him in a panic.

Seeing him sweating profusely and his eyes showing panic, Cui Guang's heart skipped a beat: "Why is Chang Qiuqing panicking?"

Qin Song probably wanted to say hello with a smile, but when he grinned, it was uglier than crying.

Seeing that all the assistants were staring at each other, and Gao Ying also looked questioning, Qin Song sighed sadly: "Please invite the Shangshu into the palace first, and wait for me to give it to the Queen Mother!"

It seemed that another great event had happened, Cui Guang was very curious.But after a moment of hesitation, he still stepped out of the hall.

Now that the fire is imminent and urgent, it is important to pass on the decree to Li Chengzhi first.If something important happens, it is naturally impossible to hide it from him, Shang Shucheng, and it is not too late to ask him later.

With such thoughts in his heart, Cui Guang couldn't help speeding up his pace.But before he could walk more than three feet, he suddenly stopped.There seemed to be nails growing under his feet, but he couldn't move for half a step.

I don't know how Qin Song played it, but the Queen Mother's exclamation pierced his ears like a needle: "Li Chengzhi Yu Shangdang was assassinated and died?"

Like thunder on the ground, Cui Guang shook his head violently, and turned his head away, not daring to stand in front of him.

I saw the Empress Dowager's face was pale, her phoenix eyes were bulging out, as if she was infected with malaria, and her whole body was shaking like chaff.

And all the ministers of His Royal Highness seemed to be struck by lightning, all of them opened their mouths wide and remained motionless.

Cui Guang turned around, walking into the hall step by step like a walking corpse.It wasn't until the threshold tripped him that he felt like a startled dream.

Li Chengzhi is dead?
How could it be...

"Gibberish, talking nonsense..."

Xi Kang stood up abruptly, the sound was like a bronze bell, and the trembling hall was buzzing, "Shang Shu also said a moment ago: Li Guogong arrived in Jianxing seven days ago, and now after seven days, how could he still stay in Jianxing County? Shangdang a hundred miles away?

Furthermore, Shangdang is only about [-] miles away from the capital, and it takes only one day to hurry, so why did Li Guogong be killed six days ago, and the urgent report arrived in the capital today?

In other words, it was Gao Zhao who conspired to kill Duke Yu, so who is the traitor who is now openly raising the flag of rebellion in Xiazhou and making waves? "

He is more than seven feet tall, as strong as an iron tower, and he has a leopard head with ring eyes, a swallow jaw and beard, and now his beard and hair are all stretched out, just like a yaksha descending from the earth, Qin Song was horrified and backed up again and again.

After taking three or four steps in succession, Qin Song didn't realize it until Cui Guang pressed against his back. He hurriedly took out two quick notes from his sleeve, and quickly presented them to Gao Ying.

"The envoy said: Six days ago, Gao...Gao Zhao came to Bingzhou under the guise of patrolling the flood. Then he deceived Wei County Bo (Wang Xian) and the Supreme Party, and tried to murder the Duke at the post that night but failed... Gao Zhao blatantly summoned the army of the feudal state to give secret instructions. For the sake of prudence, he placed the central army of the feudal state outside the city, and only brought his family to live in the official house of the county government...

The next day, under the guise of inspecting the river, Gao Zhao went north to the north of Wei County, and left a brigade of Gao's trilogy in the city.But at dusk that day, the Gao Clan's trilogy suddenly went into trouble, and the soldiers of Shangdang County were unable to save them, so the Duke was killed...

It was because there were members of the Gaozhao Party in the central army of the Fengguo, who were bewitched by them and openly rebelled, and besieged Shangdang for five days in order to dedicate the city to Gaozhao, so that Shangdang's urgent performance could not be carried to Beijing. .Unable to attack for a long time, the rebels fled north in panic, and Li Qincai, the governor of Shangdang County, sent an envoy to report..."

Not only did Li Chengzhi, whom she regarded as a life-saving straw, die, but the rebels even attacked Shangdang?

Gao Ying felt his eyes go dark, and shook it violently twice.

All the ministers were still terrified, but they didn't realize that the queen mother was strange.It was Qin Song who had sharp eyes and hurried to support her.

Gao Ying bit the tip of her tongue hard, and two lines of muddy tears flowed from her eyes: "He is the champion of the three armies, and his bravery is invincible, so why... was he plotted against by thieves?"

"Fire oil...just because the assassins use fire oil..."

Qin Song responded in a hissed voice, "The thieves fired all their rockets and threw them into the oil tank at the same time. The fire will grow in the wind. After only a few breaths, the official house will be like a sea of ​​flames, and no one can get close. When Li Qin, the governor of the county, summons the Qi Yamen, it is already too late to save them." ..."

"Hehe... kerosene, kerosene again?"

Gao Ying smiled sadly, and stared closely at Yuan Cheng, "At the beginning, you and the king of Zhongshan kept saying that such a sharp weapon of the country, how could it be hidden in the hands of Han Chen? Then he tried every means and tried every means to force him to hand over the formula. How is it now, not only killing him, but also becoming a credential for the thieves? Wait, is it all right?"

These words were so embarrassing, Yuan Cheng and Yuan Jia's faces turned pale, and they kowtowed heavily.

Li Chengzhi said more than once that although the fire oil is hidden underground, it is like a river and must have branches. Therefore, there is definitely more than one oil lake in Jinming County, and there are at least six or seven mouths.

Li Chengzhi even said that this thing is poisonous and extremely poisonous.Gao Zhao and Gao Meng already had a heart of disobedience, seeing this sharp weapon, they would feel as if they had found a treasure, and nine times out of ten they would dry up the marsh and take human lives to fill it.

At that time, the Queen Mother and the courtiers were dubious, although they sent people to check, they sent someone like Yuan Hui, and Mao didn't even find a single one, and Gao Meng played around.

And it wasn't until Gao Zhao defected to the north that there was an urgent report that there were not only seven mouths in the oil lake, Gao Meng even disregarded human life in order to extract fire oil, killing a total of [-] to [-] strong men.

How many males are there in the entire Xiazhou?
Whenever I recalled it, the Queen Mother and all the ministers shuddered, and the intestines turned green with regret: every incident did not meet Li Chengzhi's expectations?

Gao Ying regretted it too late, why didn't the ministers regret it?
Just Yuan Cheng looked like a madman, muttering to himself: "Why is it such a coincidence: Gao Zhaofang joined forces, and Li Chengzhi died? And coincidentally, as soon as Li Chengzhi left Beijing, Gao Zhao used the pretense of patrolling The name of flood control follows closely, and the first step is to send Li Chengzhi's father and brother to the north?"

Gao Ying was dumbfounded at first, and after a few breaths, he realized what Yuan Cheng meant.

Li Chengzhi is definitely not dead, but played a play with Gao Zhao.The two of them have long been collaborating...

"enough……"

Gao Ying yelled and slammed his fist heavily on the table. The porcelain lid on the soup cup jumped violently, rolled around twice, and fell off the table.

The crackling sound of "crash" was crisp and piercing, which scared the little emperor into a shudder.

Gao Ying has never lost her composure since Lin Dynasty proclaimed the system...

If Li Chengzhi and Gao Zhao worked hand in hand, last year when he won a big victory in Guanzhong, Gao Zhao was leading the army outside, which could be called a godsend opportunity.

If he rebelled, he would rebel with Gao Zhao at that time.

Looking back again, Li Chengzhi seemed to be sitting in front of her.

At that time, except for the two of them in the hall, only Qin Song was there.When Gao Ying recalled the past, she was filled with emotion, and she felt a little tenderness:
"I'm leaving Beijing soon, and I'm going thousands of miles away to Pingzhou. I don't know when I will see you again... Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

"I don't have any other wishes, just one thing: please take back the order of the Queen Mother, don't send my father and brother to transport food northward!"

"Why?"

"Gao Zhao's move is intended to coerce his father into submitting his ministers and use them for him!"

Gao Ying was 1 unbelievers, but he was not annoyed. He just smiled warmly and said: "You and the Taiwei should be on the outside, and do your best to assist Gu and the emperor. Why are you so tireless and insist on swearing against him? , you will turn against him if you frame him?"

Seeing that she shouldn't, Li Chengzhi didn't argue hard, just smiled: "All the world is pure and I am alone, and everyone is awake and I am alone drunk...so I became confused and confused for a while."

Thinking about it now, listening to Yuan Cheng's words, is it so ironic?
Gao Ying repented and hated, and even trembled with anger: "Although the king of Zhongshan has acted in a ignorant manner, he is devoted to the country, and there is still reason for it. But now, at the critical moment, when life and death are at stake, I don't think of a way to turn the tide. What is the intention of spraying people with blood?"

Yuan Cheng was stunned, and looked at Gao Ying in horror.

I just thought that the old and new accounts should be settled together, but Gao Ying suddenly sighed: "Remembering your hard work, I will punish you to contemplate behind closed doors for three days...Qin Song, send City King Ren back to his residence!"

Qin Song trembled in shock: "I... obey the order!"

"Uncle An Wu!"

Xi Kangsheng hurriedly bowed his body: "The minister is here"

"Immediately recruit the army, go north to suppress the rebellion..."

(End of this chapter)