Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1559 Untitled!

Jirigel thought that his heart-piercing words would stir up some waves in his father's heart. He knew that his father was still very angry about being insulted by Darachi in the royal court some time ago.
But what he didn't expect was that Urgenbayar's expression didn't change at all, as if Jirigel's words just meant what he wanted to eat in a while.

Just when Jirigel was feeling very disappointed, Urigenbayar spoke in a deep voice:

"Jizhige'er, you have committed a capital crime, but now that a war is imminent, killing a general will damage morale, so I will give you a chance to live!"

After saying this, Urigen Bayar handed the scimitar in his hand to Jirigel, then pointed at the Daqian envoy who had just been brought in and said:

"kill him!"

Hearing what Urigen Bayar said, the Daqian envoy immediately panicked. He looked at Urigen Bayar and Jirigel, the father and son, in horror and stammered in Luobei language:

"I am the envoy of Daqian, and you are Daqian's subjects. Do you want to rebel by killing me?"

Looking at the Daqian envoy with whom he had just conspired last night, Jirigel looked at his father hesitantly, but Urgenbayar's expression was still as cold as ice.

"Jizhigele, I will only count to five! If you don't kill him, you will die for him!"

"five!"

"Four!"

Hearing his father really start counting and realizing that his father's death threat was serious, Jirigel felt helpless but he had no other choice at this moment. He could only chop with his sword in front of the horrified eyes of the scholar in long gown. The next second, bright red blood splattered all over Jirigel...

The blood-stained Jirigel had a look of helplessness. He didn't understand why his father was so stubborn and why he was so loyal to Ibugel!

Seeing Jirigel taking action, Urigenbayar slowly said:
"This is the first time, and the last time. If it happens again, it will be you, Jirigele, who will die!"

Although he felt helpless in his heart, at this moment Jirigel could only bow his head and agree.

After a while, Jirigel returned to his tent. As soon as he sat down, he punched the table three times as if to vent his anger.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The force of these three punches was stronger than the last, and they directly smashed the table. But Jirigel seemed still unsatisfied, and he directly picked up the broken table and threw it on the ground. When the guards inside and outside the tent saw this scene, they immediately fell silent, fearing that they would be angered.

After destroying a table, Jirigel's anger also dissipated a little. He sat on the felt and was quiet for a while, but soon he had a new idea. He immediately instructed the guard Zayat beside him:

"Bring me a roast leg of mutton and a jug of wine!"

Zayat was very embarrassed when he heard this and said:
"General! The old general has issued a ban on alcohol! Anyone who drinks will be subject to military law!"

Hearing Zayat's words, Jirigel's eyes turned cold instantly, and he stared at Zayat with a death stare:

"Now even you, a bastard, won't listen to me?"

As soon as these words came out, Zayat's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to say anything, and immediately said:

"General, I will arrange it for you right away..."

After saying this, the captain of the guards walked out of the tent. A moment later, he brought back a jar of wine and a sizzling leg of lamb.

Jirigel took the jar of wine without hesitation and took a gulp. After putting it down, he frowned and asked Zayat:

"Why is it our own wine? Where is Daqian's wine?"

Zayat preached with some frustration:

"General, all the wine from Daqian has been drunk. Now we have the wine we brewed!"

Jirigel sighed upon hearing this. The Daqian wine was fragrant and flavorful, with basically no impurities and would not make you drunk. It could be said to be hard currency on the grassland. However, the wine brewed by the grassland people themselves, due to backward technology, not only had a low alcohol content, but was also turbid. It was very easy to get drunk after drinking just a little!
When he was at home, Jirigele never drank the wine brewed by the grassland people themselves. He only drank the wine bought from Daqian merchants. But unfortunately, the conditions for marching and fighting are not as good as at home!

After drinking half a jar of wine, Jirigel finally remembered to eat the lamb leg. Then he took a sip of wine and a bite of the lamb leg and started eating and drinking. However, what was different from the past was that today Jirigel ate the lamb leg very hard, as if he was not biting the lamb leg, but someone's meat.

After eating and drinking, Jirigel found that there was still a mouthful of wine in the jar. When he was about to drink the last mouthful of wealth and health wine, he noticed that his chief guard Zayat was looking at his wine jar from time to time...
Jirigel, who noticed this scene, chuckled, stretched out his hand and said to Zayat:
"This last bite is for you!"

Most of the people on the grassland are addicted to alcohol. Although Zayat is afraid of the prohibition of alcohol, seeing Jirigel taking a sip of wine and a bite of meat, his greed was aroused, so he also wanted to have a sip!
Hearing Jirigel's words, Zayat did not hesitate to drink the wine in one gulp. Zayat looked very satisfied after drinking it.

Although the wine brewed by Daqian is good, it is very expensive when sold on the grassland. Guards like him don't drink it very often. His usual ration of wine is the wine brewed by the Luobi people themselves, so his taste is not as picky as Jirigele's.

After finishing his drink, Zayat bowed to Jirigel and said;

"Thank you General for the reward!"

Jirigel burped, waved his hand and said:
"That's fine! Just work hard, and when we win this battle, I'll treat you to Daqian's Shilixiang. You know what Shilixiang tastes like, right? It's much better than the wine we Luobi people brew ourselves!"

"I will serve the general well and swear my loyalty to him till death!"

Jirigele nodded with satisfaction, and then he felt a little sleepy. He had traveled a long way today and had just drunk half a jar of wine. The alcohol was taking effect now, and he just wanted to have a good sleep...

Jirigel slept for several hours. When he woke up the next day, he felt a headache. Jirigel couldn't help cursing. At this time, Zayat came over and reported:

"General, General Husanov wants to see you about something important?" Although Jirigel didn't want to see anyone because of his headache, Husanov was his confidant, so Jirigel nodded after hesitating for a moment.

A moment later, a simple-looking but tall and strong man came in front of Jirigel.

When Husanov saw Jirigel, he said anxiously:

"General, the man surnamed Liu was killed as a spy, and his body was also hung at the gate of the military camp!"

Jirigel, who heard the news, said helplessly:

"I killed that person!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a look of shock immediately appeared on Husanov's silly face, because Jirigel had wanted to get Husanov to work with him before, and Daqian had not hidden anything from him about the discussion, so when the matter was exposed, Jirigel chose to tell everything.

After recounting to Husanov the conversation he had with his father Urigenbayar last night, Jirigel said in great frustration:

"This is the situation right now! There's nothing we can do now!"

Husanov thought about it carefully and said slowly:

"General, I don't think there is no hope!"

Jirigel said angrily:
"I killed the guy named Liu, how could there be any chance for this?"

"That Gao Shen is not a good person. If I kill his people, do you think he will still cooperate with me?"

Upon hearing this, Husanov asked in a serious tone:

"General, why doesn't Gao Shen cooperate with you?"

Seeing Husanov's serious expression, Jirigel said angrily:

"Don't you understand? I killed their people..."

Looking at the somewhat frustrated boss, Husanov still said very seriously:

"General, I don't think Gao Shen will stop cooperating with you just because you killed their people. He will only stop cooperating with you because you have no capital!"

Jirigel was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said:
"What you said seems to make sense!"

"If that's the case, should I send a message to Gao Shen and tell him that I was forced to do this?"

Husanov shook his head and said:

"General, after something like this happened, I'm afraid you'll be targeted!"

"Who is targeting me?" Jirigel asked in confusion:
Seeing that Jirigel really didn't understand, Husanov also explained:

"General, nearly half of Luo Bi's troops are in the old general's hands. Why do you think the Khan trusts the old general so much?"

In response to this question, Jirigel answered without hesitation:
"My father is loyal!"

"But the Khan is very suspicious!"

Even if Jirigel didn't understand at this time, he still reacted and said:
"You mean to say that the Khan arranged for someone to monitor my father?"

Husanov nodded and said:

"General, I think so. The Khan is capable of such a thing!"

“I even wonder if it’s possible that the connection between you and that Liu was discovered, so the old general had to take action…”

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Yijing, the Imperial Palace

In the imperial study, Ye Mingsheng looked at the memorial in his hand, and was lost in thought.

Although the memorial in Ye Mingsheng's hand at this time looked no different from other memorials, this memorial was not written to Ye Mingsheng by a minister in the court. The person who wrote this memorial was not even a man, but a woman!
This person is the wife of Changning Marquis He Jingyun, the third-rank lady of the Daqian court, He Dong!

The reason why He Dong wrote this memorial to Ye Mingsheng was because of He Jingyun's matter!
He Jingyun defeated Xu Zhaojie's Zhennan Army and Lu Jianchao's Jiangnan Army in one fell swoop, and helped the Fengwu Army to conquer most of the south. He made great contributions to the unification of the world by Daqian. Under the Fengwu Army system that valued military merit, He Jingyun's contribution was enough to be named a Duke, and he would be on par with Cui Shao, Yuan Song and others!
However, after He Jingyun took over Jiangnan, he became arrogant and messed around in Jiangnan, causing the whole of Jiangnan to be enraged and the people to be resentful. Many gentry and common people cursed He Jingyun and the Fengwu Army behind their backs!
To be honest, although the Fengwu Army has strict military discipline, after winning a battle and occupying a place, they will not be too strict about things like eating, drinking and taking things. As long as you don't go too far, Ye Mingsheng will pretend not to know. After all, this kind of thing has existed since ancient times, and it is difficult for Ye Mingsheng to completely prevent this kind of situation from happening!

But He Jingyun made too much money in Jiangnan. He not only made money but also killed people. The most crucial point is that Jiangnan is the area that Ye Mingsheng wants to focus on developing. Ye Mingsheng regards it as the engine of Daqian’s future economic development. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng wants to win over these wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan and make them work for Daqian...

So in such a situation, He Jingyun's actions made the problem more acute!

Finally, when Ye Mingsheng was on his southern tour, he suspended He Jingyun and ordered him to return to Yijing immediately. After returning to Yijing, He Jingyun also reflected on his mistakes behind closed doors!

Although suspension from work for reflection was already a punishment for He Jingyun, it was too light compared to the troubles He Jingyun had caused. So in order to teach He Jingyun a lesson, after Ye Mingsheng rewarded the meritorious officials after becoming emperor, he did not confer the title of Duke on He Jingyun, but let him continue to be the Marquis of Changning!

Honestly speaking, He Jingyun's contributions were so great that it would be unreasonable not to confer the title of Duke on him, and it would not convince the people. Moreover, when He Jingyun was on the southern expedition, Ye Mingsheng had made a promise to him: "If you conquer the south, I will confer the title of Duke on you!"

So when the country was founded, although Ye Mingsheng was angry about He Jingyun's mess and did not immediately confer the title of Duke on He Jingyun, Ye Mingsheng did not really not want to confer the title on He Jingyun. What Ye Mingsheng wanted was to make this lesson more profound in He Jingyun's heart, and then after a period of time, when the turmoil in Jiangnan had completely subsided, he would confer the title of Duke on He Jingyun!
However, Ye Mingsheng did not expect that He Jingyun would be so self-righteous. After learning that he was not granted the title of Duke, He Jingyun cursed him at home and said all kinds of sour and weird things to him, saying that he was not trustworthy and that he was blind and had chosen the wrong person!
He Jingyun's actions also made Ye Mingsheng angry. Ye Mingsheng directly sent all the memorials impeaching him by Jiangnan to He Jingyun...
(End of this chapter)