The reborn general girl is the emperor

Chapter 122
"so what?"

Yan Qing didn't answer the question instead, there was no slight ups and downs in his cold and deep eyes.

Yan Qing's reaction was so flat that Liu Xiyuan couldn't help but guess in his heart whether Yan Qing knew that the emperor's handwriting was behind the death of her father and brother.

Or, if you think about it more sinisterly, maybe she is the poisonous snake behind the back, just to win the power of Xijiang from her father and brother, but she doesn't want the emperor to make a plan to let her fetch water from a bamboo basket in vain.

This speculation was too sinister and dark, which made Liu Xiyuan instinctively find it unbelievable.

But reason told him that this guess was possible.

If Yan Qingzhen is such a cruel and merciless person, she will be in extreme danger if she rashly exposes this matter.

While thinking, Liu Xiyuan lowered his eyes and narrowed his eyes, and looked down, only to see Yan Qingqing with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly recalling the cold light in Yan Qing's eyes just now, Liu Xiyuan's hands tightened slightly, and suddenly realized something.

The meaning of his words to provoke the relationship between the monarch and his ministers seems too obvious.

Even if Yan Qing is not such a cruel and merciless person, as a minister, he should be wary when he hears his words.

If I think about it in a positive way, I probably feel that I may be here to test her loyalty to the emperor; if I think about it in a negative way, what I say is to provoke Yan Qing's relationship with the emperor, and even a little bit to encourage Yan Qing to rebel.

Regardless of who Yan Qing is, just because she helped the emperor settle Li Dingshan's rebellion more than half a month ago, it is enough to see that Yan Qing is at least loyal to the emperor.

Even if she was deceived, she never thought that the emperor might have a hand in the issue of Xijiang.

But for a loyal person, especially if the other party is a foolish and loyal person, if he provokes the relationship between the monarch and his ministers like this, if the other party is more aggressive, he may be killed as a traitor!
Liu Xiyuan was a little annoyed, he was not usually a talkative person, why did he mess up today?

Could it be that he really stayed with a fool for a long time and was assimilated?

It's just that it's useless to be annoyed at the moment, judging by Yan Qing's expression, if he doesn't give a reasonable explanation today, it may be difficult to see the sun tomorrow.

Liu Xiyuan restrained his instinct to retreat when faced with danger, his lips were slightly pursed, and his mind was spinning rapidly.

After a while, Liu Xiyuan raised a bitter smile, and said with regret and lament: "I just think that Zhenxihou made great contributions to the prosperity of Wu'an country, and was finally killed by traitors communicating with foreign enemies. Refusing to have justice with Marquis Zhenxi, let him bear the reputation of a defeated general. This move is somewhat chilling."

After all, Liu Xiyuan glanced at Yan Qing's expression, but saw that he was just looking at himself with lowered eyes.

Obviously, these remarks could not dispel the doubts in Yan Qing's heart.

At this moment, Liu Xiyuan couldn't help regretting that he had meddled in this matter.

Isn't this strange?Is Yan Qing suspicious of the emperor?

In the final analysis, it was between her, Yan Qing, and the emperor.

The only thing that has something to do with him, Liu Xiyuan, is probably that if the emperor's death was behind Zhenxihou's death, he would have to carefully consider the feasibility of becoming an official in the court.

But in fact, for him, this is not a problem that he has to know.

The Liu family's roots are firmly rooted in Jicheng, and they have been the right-hand man of Jicheng's city lord for generations.

If there is no accident, when Yuan Luzhi takes over the position of Jicheng city lord, he should also stay in Jicheng and assist Yuan Luzhi in handling Jicheng affairs.

This is something the family has already decided.

It's just that he is unwilling.

"I don't intend to instigate the general, I just worry about my future."

Liu Xiyuan thought about it, smiled, and said sternly, "To tell you the truth, I have studied hard for decades, so that one day I can go to the Golden Palace, participate in the government, and discuss world affairs. But this matter is indeed like a thorn In a certain heart, it is not a worthy person to make a certain worry about the Holy One."

Yan Qing watched with heavy eyes, but didn't speak, as if he was thinking about whether Liu Xiyuan's words were credible.

Just when Liu Xiyuan didn't know whether this matter was over, and whether he could leave intact, he heard Yan Qing say: "The leader of the western border is absent, the troops in the eastern border are weak, and the southern border is like a tiger out of a cage. If we pursue this battle deeply, don't we force Li Dingshan to rebel in southern Xinjiang?"

Liu Xiyuan was stunned for a moment, as if enlightened.

Regarding this battle, the Southwest United Defense Battalion's lax defense allowed the Xirong Army to take advantage of the loopholes. The main responsibility lies with Li Dingshan, who was in charge of the Southwest United Defense Battalion during the war in Xijiang.

Why can the Xirong army pass the southwest defense line as if entering no one's land?
The reason given by Li Dingshan was that Xi Rong colluded with the Qiang Kingdom, passed through the poisonous blind forest, escaped the eyes of the Southwest United Defense Battalion, and took the opportunity to prevent the Southwest United Defense Battalion from reinforcing Xijiang.

Li Dingshan pleaded guilty of dereliction of duty.

The emperor agreed, and did not pursue deeply.

Because once pursued deeply, Li Dingshan's crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason will definitely be exposed.

With Li Dingshan's ambition, how could he catch him without a fight?

If Li Dingshan was arrested without hanging up, facing the court's conviction, he would definitely rebel in advance!

As the most important food producing area in Wu'an State, southern Xinjiang has been run by the Li family for nearly a hundred years.

If Li Dingshan rebelled in southern Xinjiang, food and grass would definitely be tight in Wu'an, but Li Dingshan's troops were backed by the rich southern Xinjiang. Under the circumstances, once Li Dingshan dragged the war for a few years, the first thing that would be unbearable would be Wu'an's army.

Besides, when Li Dingshan led troops for more than [-] years and firmly guarded the southern border city, how many famous generals dared to say that they would definitely win Li Dingshan?
Therefore, knowing that there was something wrong with the war in Western Xinjiang, the emperor didn't delve into it.

It's not that I don't want to pursue deeply, but that I dare not and cannot pursue deeply.

Liu Xiyuan suddenly realized, but his heart was not in a good mood.

Looking at Yan Qing with a calm face, he didn't know where the courage came from, and he was not afraid of death and asked: "Even if the Holy One is forced to find out the reason behind this matter, are you willing to do so, General?"

Yan Qing's eyelids were slightly heavy, and there were unpredictable emotions hidden in his pitch-black eyes.

willing?

She is not a saint, but her father and brother fought bloody battles and ended up with the reputation of being defeated by underestimating the enemy. Naturally, she harbors resentment.

But resentment and anger don't solve things.

"My father and brother were buried in the name of martyrs of the defending country, and Li Dingshan was questioned and beheaded for treason."

As Yan Qing said, he lowered his gaze, and a faint smile appeared on his lips, and his cold voice whispered like the wind, "As the saying goes, it's not that we won't report, the time has not yet come."

The wind in October was already freezing, and Yan Qing's words that fell into his ears with the wind made Liu Xiyuan feel completely chilled from top to bottom.

He originally thought that the emperor ordered Li Dingshan to do this, but he never thought that Li Dingshan would not dare to rebel if the Marquis of Zhenxi was not dead.

Even if the emperor wanted power, he would not be a fool who broke his humerus.

He originally thought that Yan Qing was deceived by his youth and innocence, but he didn't want to be deceived by appearances, it was the smart people like them who thought they were astute.

(End of this chapter)